A poet once truthfully said:

فمرورها مر السحاب

 

 

العمر أقصر مدة  **  من أن يضيع في الحساب

فاغتنموا ساعاته  **    فمرورها مر السحاب

“One’s age is too short, to be wasted on worldly acquisition.

So benefit greatly from its hours, since its passing is like the passing of clouds.”

[Transcribed from: ‘My advice to women’ by Umm Abdillah al Waadi'iyyah]